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Al Pacino to Shout Again... as King Lear!

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Jeffrey Overstreet

03 Feb 2009
Filed under: On Movies & Media • Shakespeare • Al Pacino • King Lear

Director Michael Radford, who cast Al Pacino as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, has cast him again... this time as Lear.

This is interesting, since Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen have also played Lear within the past several months. (Remember this report from last May?)

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Overstreet’s Favorite Recordings of 2025: #10–#1

Overstreet’s Favorite Recordings of 2025: #10–#1

I’m working on this list here, during the first days of April, hoping to finally conclude my reflections on 2025 highlights so I can get to work posting about all that is great and good in 2026. This new year just won’t slow down enough that I’m
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Book Report #2: What another reader says about Lost & Found in the Cathedral of Cinema

Book Report #2: What another reader says about Lost & Found in the Cathedral of Cinema

Here's what a Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic is saying about the new film memoir Lost and Found in the Cathedral of Cinema.
29 Mar 2026 4 min read
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